Merrill Edge is a serious challenge to the online brokerage powerhouses such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments, as well as to independent and regional broker dealers, according to a new report from Aite Group. The report also suggests...
Five months after Bank of America sold it off to private equity firms, First Republic Bank announced today that it plans to go public. The firm plans to raise $285.1 million, and will sell 11 million shares of common stock at an estimated price...
RIAs have been busy getting hitched in 2010. The number of mergers and acquisitions completed in the registered investment advisor business through the third quarter of this year is near full-year totals for 2009, according to data from Schwab...
Record municipal bond outflows last week represent a short-term blip in the market, according to some industry sources. The underlying causes were uncertainty about tax rates and Build America Bond subsidies, as well as seasonal supply and demand...
Americans are still reeling from the blows their 401(k) account balances took during the economic crisis, but they may be happy (and surprised) to learn that account balances jumped 31.9 percent last year after taking a 27.8 percent dive in 2008.
Getting rid of smaller accounts could mean more production for advisors, according to a new study from PriceMetrix, a Toronto-based solutions provider for retail wealth managers...
A new DOL regulation will ratchet up the scrutiny of bundled 401(k) plan fees. You can help your plan sponsors by guiding them through the pros and cons of bundled vs. unbundled services.
CNBC star Jim Cramer may not have liked the valuation of the LPL Investment Holdings IPO, but investors sure did. The happiest people? LPL shareholders who sold off some of their stake in the company, the biggest independent broker/dealer in the...
